Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 58: Xuanwu Gate Incident (Part )
"The prince is indeed extremely intelligent. No wonder he was able to suppress such a great man as the King of Qin. Since the prince has already guessed it, he must understand that only by cooperating with our Holy Church can we save the situation." After saying this, Kanan looked at the person in front of her who was lost in thought, as if he had some intention.

"Go on."

After getting the reply, she knew there was a chance, so she naturally revealed all her cards.

"My master, the current leader of the Holy Church has been lurking in the city of Chang'an for a long time. He can provide support at any time as long as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince nods. The Holy Church masters he brings are enough to deal with the masters gathered under Li Shimin. Moreover, we have people lurking beside the current emperor, who can get the imperial edict to quell the rebellion for the crown prince. The masters of the Dugu and Yuwen clans were just deceived by Li Shimin. If the crown prince wants to ascend the throne in advance, our Holy Church can do it." She was quite proud to say this, because no one in the world could refuse such help.

Unexpectedly, Li Jiancheng (Chengqian) laughed after hearing this and said, "Shallow, too shallow. It is extremely stupid to reveal all your cards before getting the answer. Do you know that just based on what you said just now, your entire Holy Church will be destroyed. The chess pieces that Li Gong left for you were not for you to use like this. After all, you are still too naive."

Hearing this, Xianxian finally showed an angry look, "Your Highness the Crown Prince has a solution, so why waste time listening to Xianxian's nonsense? Wouldn't it be better to just rush into the palace and kill Li Shimin and his people?"

"Ha, your master made a big mistake in choosing you to persuade me. If you act like this, even if someone wants to form an alliance with you, they will be wary of the power of your Holy Church and will bear a grudge against you for easily deposing and enthroning an emperor. After ascending the throne, they will definitely wipe out your Holy Church and cause the Demon Sect that Li Gong has worked so hard to integrate to split again."

Seeing that Xianxian was about to refute, Li Jiancheng (Chengqian) said without reservation: "Don't be unconvinced. If it weren't for the fact that your Holy Church has a long history with me and has a great use for me, when I ascend to the throne, you people of the Holy Church will surely die. Now, look at who is the person behind you?"

When Xianxian was wondering about her own Holy Religion and Li Jiancheng (Chengqian), she subconsciously looked behind her.

But he was startled and exclaimed: "Shi Zhixuan! Why are you here?"

It was because the person behind him had disappeared from the world more than ten years ago, and he didn't expect that he had been connected with Li Jiancheng (Cheng Qian).

Shi Zhixuan smiled and said, "Why can't Pei be here? As a minister of the Tang Dynasty, assisting and protecting the prince is a righteous cause in itself." As soon as he said this, he made it clear that he was a minister of Li Jiancheng (Chengqian).

Afterwards, he performed the etiquette of a subject to Li Jiancheng (Chengqian) and reported back: "Your Highness, most of your Highness's Changlin Army and secret guards have been lurking in Chang'an City three days ago, secretly replacing the palace guards and the important positions of Chang'an City Defense. They are ready to take back the control of the entire Chang'an at any time as long as the Crown Prince gives the order. In addition, Luo Shixin's generals and some elite border guards who were transferred here by the Crown Prince's order are now stationed in a valley not far from Chang'an. As long as your Highness gives the order, they can rush into the palace at any time to rescue your majesty."

"Okay, pass on my order. When I enter the city tomorrow, I will have Luo Shixin and his men lead their troops to cooperate with the Changlin Army and secret guards hidden in Chang'an City to take over the defense of the city and the palace."

"Yes." After receiving the order, Shi Zhixuan retreated respectfully and began to make arrangements.

After Shi Zhixuan left, Qianqian said, "I didn't expect that Your Highness's power is even deeper than we thought. It seems that our Holy Church was just being too sentimental."

"Now that you know my secret, do you still want to leave?"

"Your Highness, do you want to keep Xian'er here? But now that the Evil King has gone far away, what means do you want to use to keep Xian'er here?"

"The Saint has indeed misunderstood. I am not trying to force you to stay. Look at what I have in my hand." After saying this, Li Jiancheng (Chengqian) appeared with clothes in his hand out of thin air, just like a magician.
The object was a two-foot-long black plate, made neither of gold nor jade, and extremely hard. It seemed transparent, but not transparent. There seemed to be a faint flame rising from the inside, but in fact it was the light reflecting from the plate, and the color was changing. When Wan Wan saw the object, she said, "Holy Order! How did this object end up in your hands? It turns out that you and Senior Brother have been in contact for a long time."

Why was Kankan so surprised? It was because this Holy Order was issued after Li Gong unified the Demon Sect. In order to commemorate this event and enhance his own authority, he collected the ancient gold passed down from the six paths of the two sects of the Demon Sect and gave it to the Dongming Sect, which was also from the Yinkui Sect and was good at smelting, to be cast.

On the day when this item was produced, sand and rocks were flying everywhere and strong winds were blowing on the sea. Li Gong even watered it with his own blood, causing the Holy Order to emit light and calm everything when it came out of the oven, as if it were a gift from God.

Therefore, the role of the Holy Order is not as simple as a weapon, but also a symbol of the identity of the Holy Church's leader.

After Li Gong "broke the void", Zhu Yuyan also searched for Li Gong's belongings, but could not find this thing, so she thought it had gone with Li Gong.

But I didn't expect to find out until today that the sacred order had been handed over to Li Jiancheng (Cheng Qian) early in the morning for use today.

"Now the Saint can choose whether to leave or stay."

"Since Your Highness is so sincere and has even taken out the Holy Order given by the previous sect leader, it will be difficult for me to reject Your Highness's face. When Your Highness the Crown Prince enters the city tomorrow, I will also accompany His Highness. When Master sees it, he will definitely stand on Your Highness' side."

Afterwards, Kankan followed the secret guards arranged by Li Jiancheng (Cheng Qian) to rest. She was amazed again, because each of these secret guards had extraordinary kung fu skills. It would take her a lot of effort to deal with one of them. What's more, these people seemed to have an order in their movements, as if they had practiced the art of combined attack and had first-class concealment skills.

It’s no wonder that he can cooperate with his brother if he can train subordinates like this.

Not long after Xianxian left, Pei Ju had already arranged Li Jiancheng's (Chengqian's) instructions one by one and came back to report.

After reporting his work to Li Jiancheng (Chengqian), he talked about the matter of Qianqian and said, "Unexpectedly, even at this point, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still unwilling to tell her his true identity."

Li Jiancheng (Cheng Qian) smiled and said, "A good play naturally needs dedicated actors. How can the final magnificent mystery be revealed before the last step? Lord Pei, who was once the "Evil King" and the "Great Monk", should feel the same way. The reason why I told Yu Lekong my true identity is because he is about to die and to reward him for his years of fighting between Jingnian Zen Temple and the Holy Gate. He poses no threat to my play."

"If that is the case, I wonder where your Highness's play has ended?"

"Ha, now that the drama between Ling Donglai and Li Gong has come to an end, my drama should also end. What's coming next will be a jaw-dropping ending."

(End of this chapter)